Faucet-opening seal and attachable faucet for cans.



PATENTED OG T. 2, 1906.l

S.BBAGH. PAUGET OPENING SEAL' AND ATTAGHABLE PAUGET POR GANS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1, 1905.

rHE Namus PETERS C0., WASHINGTON. D. c.

SETH BEACH, OF TOLEDO, OHIO;

FAUCET-OPENING SEAL AND AVI'TACH'ABLE` FAUCET F'OF C'ANS'...

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 2, 1906.-`

Application led May 1,1905. Serial No. 258,146.

Tov a/ZZ whom, it may concern:

VBeitknown that I, SETE BEAcH,a citizen of the United States, residingat Toledo, ini the county of Lucas andl State of Ohio, have inventedanew and useful Improvement in' Faucet-Opening Seals and AttachableFaucets for Cans, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a sealed faucet-l opening for cans and a faucetfor the opening, and has for its object to provide in constructing a canfor liquids a sealed-up opening for the attachment of a faucet and alsoto provide a faucet that is normallyT disconnected from the can andadapted to be inserted in the opening when a portion of the seal isremoved and that is readily secured and packed in the opening and asreadily de-l tached therefrom, the seal for the opening having a portionthat is readily removable to leave the opening free for the attachmentof the faucet to the can and a permanent portion that forms areinforcement for the wall around the opening and that is adapted to beengaged by the faucet and provide a means for its secure attachment tothe can. I accomplish these objects by providing a can having afaucet-opening with a seal closing the opening anda detached faucetconstructV ed' and attachable in the opening, as hereinafter described,and illustrated in the drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a verticalsection on line y y of Fig. 2 of a can-wall and the seal central throughthe faucet-opening and' through the faucet attached tothe can in theopening with the faucet open. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the faucetin open position and with a portion of the wall of the faucetbrokenaway. l

Fig. 3 shows a vertical longitudinal section of a broken-away portion ofthe spigot of the faucet in position, illustrating the introducetion ofthe spigot in the spigotlopening.` Fig;` 4 is an outside view of thecan-seal unbroken and closing the opening. Fig.v 5 vis an inner view ofthe faucet attached to the can, and Fig. 6 is a cross-section of thefaucet on line :t of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, 1 represents the wall of a can-body, and 2 a circularopening in the wall for the attachment of the faucet 3. To the innerface of the wall 1 is secured concene tric to and closing the openingthe seal 4, comprising the thin metallic disk 5, preferably of taggerstin, having a diameter greater than the diameter of the opening, and

the disk-ring 6, having a concentric rabbet on the seal thus coveringand closing the open-- ing is soldered to the wall of the can.

The spigot 8 of the faucet 3 at its outer end portion 9 is of a diameterslightly less than the wall-opening 2, and the inner portion-is ofslightly greater diameter and threaded to receive a packing-nut 10,which is mounted thereon. The outer end of the spigot is provided at thebottom portion relative to a vertical position of the faucet for usewith a radial flange 11, extending through an arcl the chord of which isless than the diameter of the end of the spigot, and the upper portionis provided with a longitudinal inout 12, extending through to the boreof the spigot for a distance, and the inner end of the inout is inclinedrearward and upward. In the incut 12 is pivotally mounted kby a pin 1i3transverse the slot a hook 14, havinga body portion adapted in form andsize to movably fit into the incut and take theplace of a cut-A awayportion of the spigot and a hook portion'extending outward inthe planeof the radial ange 1 1 when thebody portion is-parallel with the sidesof the slot, but which is of a weight to over-balance the inner endbodryj portion, so that it normally drops downward into the bore of thespigot, as shown in FigLS.

The faucet 3 is provided with a valveebody 15, which is transversethespigot, and is provided with a tapered' bore 16, whichl intersectsthe bore of the spigot, andin the bore is rotatably fitted thetaperedvalve 17, having a longitudinali socket-bore1:8,.extendingthrough the lower' end .toward and near' to the top end 19, which isprovided with the stem 20, extending upward axlally to the valve througha central orifice in a cap 21, which is interiorly threaded to be runinto engagement with the exteriorly-threaded upper end portion 22 of thevalve-body.V On the upper end of the stem is mounted a suitable handle23 for rotating the valve. The valve 17 is provided with a port 24,which is adapted to be brought into and out of register with the bore ofthe spigot, and with an IOO IIO

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air-vent 25, located above and radially at ninety degrees from the port24.

In the horizontal plane of the port 25 the valve-body is provided withan air-vent 26, which is located in the vertical plane of the axis ofthe spigot, so that when the port 24 of the valve is in register withthe bore of the spigot the vent 25 is out of register with the vent 26,and when the valve is turned ninety degrees the port 24 is closed andthe vents 24v and 26 are brought into register.

In the top portion of the valve a slot 27, extending ninety degrees ofits periphery, is provided, into which extends a stop-pin 28, secured tothe valve-body, whereby the valve is limited to rotate one-quarter turnonly and at the limit of its movement in one direction to bring the port24 into register with the spigot-bore and in the other direction tobring the vents 25 and 26 into register.

The packing-nut 10 is provided with a cupped enlargement toward the freeend of the spigot, in which is inclosed the packingring 10 and which isof greater thickness than the depthof the cup and of greater diameterthan the opening of the can-wall.

Cans thus constructed and filled with liquid and the faucets thereformay be shipped as separate packages with greater security againstleakage and in more compact packages than is possible with the faucetsattached to the cans.

To attach a faucet to a can, the can is laid on its side with theopening uppermost, in which position the portion of the seal-disk 5,exposed by the opening, may be readily cut through around thecircumference of the opening and removed. The spigot of the faucet 1sthen inserted, as shown in Fig. 3, by holding the spigot at an acuteangle to the wall of the can and first inserting the flange 1l. rIhe spiot then being brought .into alinement wit the opening, it is pushed intothe opening until the outer wall of the can engages and presses the bodyportion of the hook 14 within the incut l2. When in this position, byrunning the nut 10 outward on the spigot the packing l0 is first pushedover the body portion of the hook in position to confine it in theincut, and as the packing is compressed on the body of the can theflange l ll and the hook portion of the hookl4 is tightly compressed onthe ring 6 of the seal, thereby securely attaching the faucet to the canand packing the spigot inthe o ening. The ring 6 adds greatly to thestrengt of the attachment and permits increased compression of the nutand packing on the wall without injury thereto.

By providing the valve-body and the valve with air-vents that areadapted to be brought into register when the valve is closed the liquidin the valve and in nozzle of the valverbody, which would otherwise beheld therein by vacuum pressure, is permitted to flow freely therefrom,thereby preventing the loss and slow dripping of the liquid from thefaucet after being closed and after the vessel for receiving it has beenwithdrawn.

What I claim to be new is- The combination with a can provided with aspigot-opening, of a seal for the opening, comprising a reinforcingdisk-ring having a concentric rabbet in one face and a central openingof equal diameter with the can-opening, and a thin metallic disk mountedin the rabbet of the ring flush with its face a faucet having a spigotadapted to fit the spigot-opening of the can, said spigot having aninner threaded portion and an outer end portion provided with a radialflange extending the area of the end on one side, and a longitudinalincut opposite the radial flange through the spigot-wall to the borehaving parallel sides and extending a greater distance on the outsidethan on the inside of the wall to form an inclined shoulder; a pintransverse the incut a hook pivoted on the pin in the incut, having abody portion adapted to fill the incut, and a hook portion adapted to bextended in the plane of the radial flange and oppositely thereto whenthe body portion of the hook is in position to iill the incut, and to beswung into line with the bore of the spigot, when the body of the hookis transverse the incut; a cupped packing-nut mounted on the threadedportion of the spigot; and a packing-gland in the cup of the nut,adapted to be compressed by the nut on the can-body and the spigotaround the can-opening.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name, in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses, this 29th day of April, 1905.

` SETH BEACH.

Vitnesses n V. W. MoREHoUsE, GRACE CowDRroH.

